“We’re listening to what the public is saying and they want to have field hearings,” Darby in an impromptu press scrum on the back of the House floor after today’s House session (full audio below).

Exact times and locations for the three field hearings are still being worked out.

In a separate interview today — this one for a TV crew — Darby went on to elaborate on the Senate’s plans for field hearings, which have not yet been made public (a spokeswoman for Sen. Kel Seliger, the Senate’s redistricting chief, told us to expect an announcement posted online by Tuesday).

Darby said the Senate committee focused on the state’s election maps is planning to hold a field hearing in Corpus Christi on Friday and is looking to line one up in Houston on Saturday. He also ruled out the possibility of the House committee holding a session in El Paso — a request that came from Sun City Democrat Joe Pickett during Saturday’s redistricting hearing.

Darby said there is no need for a hearing in El Paso because issues regarding voting maps in that area can be worked out with amendments, a process he says Pickett has agreed to.

The earliest the House redistricting committee could vote out a bill is June 14, Darby said. That aligns with plans for the full House to reconvene on June 17.